Advanced Renal Care (eBook)

Nicola Thomas has been a renal nurse for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in nephrology, haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis and has taught diploma and degree level renal courses at City University for over ten years. She is currently undertaking a PhD and exploring the ways in which the progression of diabetic nephropathy can be slowed through patient-centred education. In 2001 she was President of the European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association / European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA) and is now Chair of the EDTNA/ERCA Education Board.

Advanced Renal Care 3
Contents 5
Preface 7
Contributors 9
1 Current Trends in Renal Care 11
2 The Physiological Basis of Renal Disease 23
3 Anaemia Management in Nephrology 37
4 Advances in Haemodialysis 60
5 Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis 78
6 Advances in Renal Transplantation 97
7 Care of Older People on Dialysis 121
8 Diabetes and Renal Failure 132
9 Infection Control in Renal Care 144
10 Sexual Dysfunction and Renal Disease 153
11 Issues in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation for Minority Ethnic Groups 168
12 Renal Nutrition 177
13 Psychological Care 194
14 Technical Aspects of Dialysis 214
15 Clinical Governance 226
16 Caring for Staff in Renal Care 241
Index 260

"Nicola Thomas has been successful in editing a text that assists the senior clinician.... This text will make an excellent addition to the library of any renal clinician and any renal unit." (Renal Society of Australia Journal)